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. >> that was president obama just last month in one of the debates, but are afghans capable of defending themselves like he said? maybe we do need a new plan. here to tell susformer assistant secretary of state bing west who is co-author of a new book "into the fire." thank you. i don't hold it against president obama at all if he wants to switch dpeers and listen to the joint chiefs who want 10,000 troops to stay in afghanistan beyond 2014. what is your view of this? >> well, i think it's perfectly sensib sensible. the president is saying we have 70,000 troops there now. the military is saying, circumstances we can't get out entirely so let's over the next two years bring it down to about 10,000 troops and that will be about $10 billion at the end of 2014. >> so it's not really that expensive. you do think it's the prudent move. i would suspect he might get bipartisan support for this and perhaps should get bipartisan support. >> i agree with you. the issue isn't going to be here in the united states. in fact, the american public have already discounted the war. they don't think we're f
. >> that was president obama just last month in one of the debates, but are afghans capable of defending themselves like he said? maybe we do need a new plan. here to tell susformer assistant secretary of state bing west who is co-author of a new book "into the fire." thank you. i don't hold it against president obama at all if he wants to switch dpeers and listen to the joint chiefs who want 10,000 troops to stay in afghanistan beyond 2014. what is your view of this? >>...
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eastern, president obama and mitt romney will face off in their first of three debates. we have an all star panel tonight. former congressman rick lazio and former clinton white house aide keith boykin. and herman cain tells us what it's like to debate kevin madden. it's all about leadership and leadership means taking control of the conversation. that's just my advice. in an anemic overall economy, we've seen some positives in recent days. the ism services surprised on the up side today, 15 million car sales yesterday and of course stocks have been rising since a year ago today. the s&p is up 32%. so things can't be all that bad. how will the investor class vote in 34 days? but first up, both mitt romney and president obama are in their respective hotel rooms now. they're making final preparations for the big debate and cnbc's own john harwood joins us live with the details. good evening, john. >> good evening, larry. two hours from that debate we've gotten a reminder in the last 24 hours with a slew of polls of how high the stakes are in this debate. we forget sometime
eastern, president obama and mitt romney will face off in their first of three debates. we have an all star panel tonight. former congressman rick lazio and former clinton white house aide keith boykin. and herman cain tells us what it's like to debate kevin madden. it's all about leadership and leadership means taking control of the conversation. that's just my advice. in an anemic overall economy, we've seen some positives in recent days. the ism services surprised on the up side today, 15...
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will romney in the debate next week talk about a benghazi security cover-up regarding the baha obama white house? >> thanks for letting me be on. benghazi has to be seen we had 20 embassies in the greater middle east where demonstrations took place. we had four compounds breached, american flags burns and the black flag of al qaeda raised. it was a disgraceful day, and it was evidence of a failed middle east policy. on benghazi itself, governor romney's been very clear. the president of the united states owes the american people candor and transparency on what's happened. that clearly has been a test which has been failed. they started talking about the spontaneous eruption that was incredible on 9/11, and this is a video that's been around for months. second, we have the type of equipment used. third, we now know there were intelligence reports. fourth, wern the ambassador was concerned about the security, and fifth, we had a stonewalling for days and days with this very story. >> that's the key point with ambassador rice making the runs. larry, do you agree with rich williamson, la
will romney in the debate next week talk about a benghazi security cover-up regarding the baha obama white house? >> thanks for letting me be on. benghazi has to be seen we had 20 embassies in the greater middle east where demonstrations took place. we had four compounds breached, american flags burns and the black flag of al qaeda raised. it was a disgraceful day, and it was evidence of a failed middle east policy. on benghazi itself, governor romney's been very clear. the president of...
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is it possible that a better economy could actually relech president obama? we will debate that next up. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. remember the famous line, it's the economy, stupid. the front-page headline of "the new york times" today says americans are getting more bullish on president obama as the economy improves. is it possible the economy's good enough to actually reelect him? let's talk. our dynamic duo. cnbc contributor robert reich and author of "aftershock" steve moore author of "return to prosperity." brother rice, let me start with with this finding. only 44% approve of mr. obama
is it possible that a better economy could actually relech president obama? we will debate that next up. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use...
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to the kind of medicare debate where president obama's favorability is up to 60% on the question of who do you trust with medicare in swing state like ohio? to the issue of whether the democratic party is fighters, we are fighting fair. to my friend charlie black's comment if there is a lie here it's a lie about welfare reform mitt romney put out there saying when a republican governor asks for a waiver and president obama granted it it was undoing clinton's reform. bill clinton has been defending the president, saying, look, our policies are better for middle class growth, better for the american economy. that's what people are listening to. >> he's still reversing a statute by executive order. you can't do it. >> on welfare. >> i'm sorry. there is a fact here. >> on welfare. >> when the republican governor asked for a waiver and the president granted it that was then deemed to be undoing clinton's welfare reform and president clinton himself said it's a lie. if there are lies here it's when mitt romney lies about this president's record. >> it's not a lie. read the order hhs put o
to the kind of medicare debate where president obama's favorability is up to 60% on the question of who do you trust with medicare in swing state like ohio? to the issue of whether the democratic party is fighters, we are fighting fair. to my friend charlie black's comment if there is a lie here it's a lie about welfare reform mitt romney put out there saying when a republican governor asks for a waiver and president obama granted it it was undoing clinton's reform. bill clinton has been...
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if it's in between, let me know how the debates go in the october and i'll give you the winner. but more of this, this is a stagnation economy, income is going nowhere, unemployment rates not generating very many jobs. >> vanishing workforce. you disagree with, don't you? >> i think the march figures are going to be revised upwards, there's a great tendency to revise all the jobs numbers upwards. want to talk about a swing state, talk about ohio. >> what about april numbers. i'm asking a serious question. >> for real. >> what about ism service rating -- >> growth is slowing from earlier in the year. >> look, i want to be optimistic. i was in the 3% camp, dan gross, but i've not down shifted to the 2% camp. >> how about 2.5. one data point that's good is auto production and auto sales. ford is increasing production, adding extra shifts. up know where they make a lot of cars? ohio. when you make cars in this country, it's not just the gm and chrysler, it's the supply chain, it's the logistics. it's the dealers. that is a pretty powerful force. >> new mexico is a swing state. >> it
if it's in between, let me know how the debates go in the october and i'll give you the winner. but more of this, this is a stagnation economy, income is going nowhere, unemployment rates not generating very many jobs. >> vanishing workforce. you disagree with, don't you? >> i think the march figures are going to be revised upwards, there's a great tendency to revise all the jobs numbers upwards. want to talk about a swing state, talk about ohio. >> what about april numbers....
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it is orwellian. >> another old debate. this is what happened -- >> anything that you don't like is an old debate. we're not allowed to bring it up any more. >> bring it up all you want. we had an election. >> that never mentioned obama care. >> oh, my gosh. >> bring in my friend ben jealous. either way, ben, either way, if the cost goes up, then the lower income people have a problem. if the benefits go down, the lower people have a problem. so the claims made by obama care that will cut costs, isn't that going to hurt poor people just as much? >> look, what's going on here, quite frankly, still plan b passes. what happens then? it's d.o.a. this is really -- you know, just -- just sort of a dance being done in washington. what the people in this country want is people just to stop posturing. say, look, we've got to tighten the belt. we're going to ask the richest people in the family to tighten their belt the most. we're all willing to take cuts, but we're not going to cut things that actually keep people from eating. we'r
it is orwellian. >> another old debate. this is what happened -- >> anything that you don't like is an old debate. we're not allowed to bring it up any more. >> bring it up all you want. we had an election. >> that never mentioned obama care. >> oh, my gosh. >> bring in my friend ben jealous. either way, ben, either way, if the cost goes up, then the lower income people have a problem. if the benefits go down, the lower people have a problem. so the claims...
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can america afford more of what obama wants to do? our distinguished guest democrat yk congressman pete of welsh and carly fiorina will debate what he's going to do and what he should do. maybe two different things. please stay with us. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader s
can america afford more of what obama wants to do? our distinguished guest democrat yk congressman pete of welsh and carly fiorina will debate what he's going to do and what he should do. maybe two different things. please stay with us. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8...
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the obama administration, crew crucify the fracking boom? i will talk the wyoming governor about the pipeline. the miserable jobs numbers slammed down stocks. the dow off 168. investors know the truth behind the numbers. they are worried the next few months of stats and profits will be as bad as the recent numbers and today's jobs report. first tonight, the headline, a much weaker than expected jobs report, my hunch is that obama is not too thrilled about it, either. cnbc's john harwood joins us with the details, good evening, john. >> reporter: good evening, larry. i don't think the white house is thrilled but won't surprise you they don't have the same spin on the numbers that you do but we have to get used to that because this is the kind of jobs report that is weak enough it can be spun any way you please. let's start with the top line numbers. first of all the overall unemployment rate went down from 8.1 -- 8.2 to 8.1%. so far, so good. 115 non-farm payroll jobs added. the household survey, household survey shows 169,000 fewer people wi
the obama administration, crew crucify the fracking boom? i will talk the wyoming governor about the pipeline. the miserable jobs numbers slammed down stocks. the dow off 168. investors know the truth behind the numbers. they are worried the next few months of stats and profits will be as bad as the recent numbers and today's jobs report. first tonight, the headline, a much weaker than expected jobs report, my hunch is that obama is not too thrilled about it, either. cnbc's john harwood joins...
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you cannot look at an election without a debate. we want to see two of them sitting in a table. >> it's way too early. >> i actually agree with it. the first thing you've said that i actually agree with. >> you can give me a hug after this. >> i will. >> but if he does get reelected you want to be selling coal names and you want to be buying the safety bets. >> jimmy rogers, give me some of your investment wisdom, please some. >> i would tell you that obama is going to win. i don't want him to win. it's not good for america, but larry, it's hard to defeat a sitting president and he's spending a lot of money. things will feel good this year just because he's throwing money into the market and into the economy. >> why don't you jump all over jimmy about spending money? >> i think right now obama is the odds-on favorite and i think you're right. they pumped up this phony temporary payroll tax cut. that's important and i don't know if people are spending the money or investing the money or whatever, but it all runs out at the end of 201
you cannot look at an election without a debate. we want to see two of them sitting in a table. >> it's way too early. >> i actually agree with it. the first thing you've said that i actually agree with. >> you can give me a hug after this. >> i will. >> but if he does get reelected you want to be selling coal names and you want to be buying the safety bets. >> jimmy rogers, give me some of your investment wisdom, please some. >> i would tell you that...
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we'll debate. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. to the obama advisers know this? >>> all right. with this fiscal cliff quickly approaching, why is team obama unable to get anything accomplished with congress? why can't they make a deal on extending the bush tax cuts? president clinton was able to work out the deal. he balanced the budget he had tax cuts in that. president obama was a no-show even for his own fiscal commission called simpson/bowles. we have erskine bowles, chief of staff of president clinton and co-chair of president obama's own financial commission. i'm like one of your biggest supporters. >> thank you. >> you've got pockets of support everywhere in the senate and they're trying to cook up something again. but seems to me you can't put torque behind your program until the president fully embraces it, and i do not for the life of me understand why he hasn't. what do you think? >> oh, larry, i think he didn't embrace it because he felt if he used it as a framework for his discussions with speaker boehner, he'd have a
we'll debate. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. to the obama advisers know this? >>> all right. with this fiscal cliff quickly approaching, why is team obama unable to get anything accomplished with congress? why can't they make a deal on extending the bush tax cuts? president clinton was able to work out the deal. he balanced the budget he had tax cuts in that. president obama was a no-show even for his own fiscal commission called simpson/bowles. we have erskine...
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obama has been winning politically. he's been framing the debate. but i think today romney does. at the end of the day, you can spin this all you want, but barack obama, his budget got zero votes and democrats in the senate haven't passed a budget for years, so it's hard to overcome those facts, larry. >> those are good facts, and you nailed it. you get the nobel prize for politics right off the top of the show. now, folks, hang on, everybody. goodfriend is going to go crazy. jennifer, try to calm him down. i want you to hear from mitt romney some little parcels of his speech in des moines, iowa. just listen to this for a minute. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across iowa and across the nation. the time has come for a president, a leader who will lead. i will lead us out of this debt and spending inferno. >> all right. that's it. i'm going to go to david goodfriend. because you worked -- you actually worked for a responsible president regarding the budget, quite unlike this one. so this whole thing, a prairie fire debt sweeping across iowa and the nation. i will lead us ou
obama has been winning politically. he's been framing the debate. but i think today romney does. at the end of the day, you can spin this all you want, but barack obama, his budget got zero votes and democrats in the senate haven't passed a budget for years, so it's hard to overcome those facts, larry. >> those are good facts, and you nailed it. you get the nobel prize for politics right off the top of the show. now, folks, hang on, everybody. goodfriend is going to go crazy. jennifer,...
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president obama used the moment to celebrate also as a teachable moment to try to remind americans as the virtues of the law even though he acknowledged it hasn't been a winner politically. >> i know the debate over the law has been divisive. i respect the very real concerns that millions of americans shared. i know a lot of coverage through this health care debate has focused on what it means politically. well, it should be pretty clear by now that i didn't do it because it was good politics. i did it because i believed it was good for the country. >> his republican opponent mitt romney, even though he pushed through a similar health care plan in the state of massachusetts as governor criticized the justices' ruling and made the point politically that the only thing standing between the united states and the implementation of the law is a mitt romney presidency. >> i disagree with the supreme court's decision. i agree with the dissent. what the court did not do on its last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. that is, i will act to repe
president obama used the moment to celebrate also as a teachable moment to try to remind americans as the virtues of the law even though he acknowledged it hasn't been a winner politically. >> i know the debate over the law has been divisive. i respect the very real concerns that millions of americans shared. i know a lot of coverage through this health care debate has focused on what it means politically. well, it should be pretty clear by now that i didn't do it because it was good...
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we will debate. >>> and the trouble with the obama gang. they think they can balance the budget now by taxing fat cats and fat people. a message to the president, it ain't going to work. >>> our top story, today's blockbuster headline, president clinton calling obama an amateur, this depose back to last august, 2011. it's according to a new book, robert klein. mr. klein's going to join us on the program on tuesday. and on top of that, president obama just told us he, quote, forgot how bad the recession is. take a listen to this. >> it was a house of cards and it collapsed in the most destructive, worst crisis that we've seen since the great depression. and sometimes people forget the magnitude of it. you know, and you saw some of that, i think in the video that was shown. sometimes i forget. >> and oh, by the way, i hope the president hasn't forgotten just how anemic the recovery is. let's go to our distinguished panelists, ari melber, a correspondent for "the nation" magazine, dave fer doeza, "washington examiner," editorial page editor. s
we will debate. >>> and the trouble with the obama gang. they think they can balance the budget now by taxing fat cats and fat people. a message to the president, it ain't going to work. >>> our top story, today's blockbuster headline, president clinton calling obama an amateur, this depose back to last august, 2011. it's according to a new book, robert klein. mr. klein's going to join us on the program on tuesday. and on top of that, president obama just told us he, quote,...
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if the election were tomorrow, president obama would be re-elected. mitt romney has plenty of time to close the deal through these debates, through the convention speech to make a case to the american people that he's the man with the plan. >> persuade people he's a turnaround guy who understands the problem and that his biography supports his policy. i think you've got to go both ways. steve, you are the best of the best. thanks. >> thanks, larry. >> all of our great guests, you honor us. we'll be back from day one of the republican national convention tomorrow. congressman jeff henserling and ron paul among our guests. i'm larry kudlow. my volt is the best vehicle i've ever driven. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunch of kids waving at me... giving me the thumbs up. it's always a gratifying experience. it makes me feel good about my car. i absolutely love
if the election were tomorrow, president obama would be re-elected. mitt romney has plenty of time to close the deal through these debates, through the convention speech to make a case to the american people that he's the man with the plan. >> persuade people he's a turnaround guy who understands the problem and that his biography supports his policy. i think you've got to go both ways. steve, you are the best of the best. thanks. >> thanks, larry. >> all of our great guests,...
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top story tonight, for the first time, president obama admits he was a disaster at the debate. take a listen to what he told abc's diane sawyer that's airing just minutes ago. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. it's not -- >> bad? >> it's not the first time i've had a bad night. >> they chant "four more years." and today, there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them "four more weeks." you've got the idea. >> there you have it. also this evening, for the first time in months, the market hit a back-to-back triple-digit decline. we warned you last night earnings might give the market a little bit of a hit. go ahead, boys. take some chips off the table. nothing wrong with that. but let me tell you, a political revolution is coming in 27 days. and for the first time here on "the kudlow report," i feel comfortable to tell you, mitt romney is going to win and he's going to win big. it's going to be a reagan-like economic growth revolution. that's what the debate told me and that's what the polls are telling me. and i make it
top story tonight, for the first time, president obama admits he was a disaster at the debate. take a listen to what he told abc's diane sawyer that's airing just minutes ago. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. it's not -- >> bad? >> it's not the first time i've had a bad night. >> they chant "four more years." and today, there are 28 days before the election. i think the right chant ought to be for them "four more weeks." you've...
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this whole election is going to be a referendum on president obama's economy. our weekly debate, shawn spicer of the rnc will go at it in a couple minutes. new investor poll numbers. we're unveiling them tonight. they show advantage romney among registered voters. but the advantage is much smaller than he's going to need in order to win in november. my thought, mitt romney, please give specific. a few key points will do it. also this evening, france's newly elected socialist president says his real economy is the world of finance. he's calling for increased government spending and paying for it by taxing millionaires. does that sound familiar? meanwhile, markets slugged off fears from france and greece and finish virtually flat. >>> richard fisher is my special guest this evening. we'll get his opinion on the fed battle of the beards between ben bernanke and paul krugman. team obama launching an aggressive new ad campaign. it's a battle for the battleground states. $25 million spent already this month for ads in seven swing states. there are still 183 days left
this whole election is going to be a referendum on president obama's economy. our weekly debate, shawn spicer of the rnc will go at it in a couple minutes. new investor poll numbers. we're unveiling them tonight. they show advantage romney among registered voters. but the advantage is much smaller than he's going to need in order to win in november. my thought, mitt romney, please give specific. a few key points will do it. also this evening, france's newly elected socialist president says his...
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obama's generally considered to have the more extensive and effective ground game. that, of course, is going to be tested on election day, but if some of that is interrupted, he and his people could be affected, and we'll see whether the early vote in places like north carolina, for example, where it matters some and florida is shaken up by this. >> and some that have early voting has been cancelled, larry. who does this hurt more in, your view? which candidate stands to lose the most as a result of this disruption of the campaigning? >> well, it's a very tough call. look, mitt romney has tremendous momentum behind him. not just in national polls. he's got state poll momentum in iowa and wisconsin, for example. today rasmussen just gave him the nod in ohio, that's the first time, so the question you want to ask is does this slow romney's momentum or not? i don't really think it does. i think the heros of this thing is neither candidate. it's guys like chris christie and andrew cuomo and mcdonnel down in virginia. those are the guys who are getting the attention. thi
obama's generally considered to have the more extensive and effective ground game. that, of course, is going to be tested on election day, but if some of that is interrupted, he and his people could be affected, and we'll see whether the early vote in places like north carolina, for example, where it matters some and florida is shaken up by this. >> and some that have early voting has been cancelled, larry. who does this hurt more in, your view? which candidate stands to lose the most as...
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forget the debate over guns. evil people unfortunately do tragically evil things. i believe it's not indicative of our great country. we are going to talk with former colorado governor bill owen and john timine who ran the police departments of new york, philadelphia and miami. we are going to take the pulse of america from the country's best radio talk show host. let's get the latest on the colorado shootings that left 12 dead and more than 50 wounded. nbc's miguel almaguer is there. >> reporter: the emergency calls rushed in as people flooded out. the victims soaked in blood. some carried out by family and friends. >> seven down in theater nine. several down. >> reporter: police say the gunman, 24-year-old neuroscience graduate student james holmes wore body armor and was armed with an assault rifle, 12-gauge rifle and two glock handguns. minutes into the batman movie he opened fire. with his hair died reddish orange he said he was the joker. >> 71 people were shot. 12 are deceased. >> reporter: witnesses say he tossed what appeared to be smoke grenades. then poi
forget the debate over guns. evil people unfortunately do tragically evil things. i believe it's not indicative of our great country. we are going to talk with former colorado governor bill owen and john timine who ran the police departments of new york, philadelphia and miami. we are going to take the pulse of america from the country's best radio talk show host. let's get the latest on the colorado shootings that left 12 dead and more than 50 wounded. nbc's miguel almaguer is there. >>...
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obama was cold in this first debate. tomorrow, important for him to have a little energy. important for him to have balance. if you don't think he will pull an al gore, do you and start walking over to romney to answer a question? >> if he does that, mitt romney should do exactly what george bush did in 2000, a little nod and set the pace. bush did it to gore in 2000 and mitt romney can do the same to obam obama. >> now, let's switch gears and turn to my exclusive sri with charles schwab, thank you very much for coming on, appreciate it. >> i'm a great fan of yours and watch you every night on my treadmill. >> you're wonderful. i appreciate that. i really do. i have been reading your op-ed pieces. you have endorsed mitt romney. please tell us why. >> i think it's such a critical election, a turning point for the country. the last thing i can do is leave my kids hopefully a change in the administration. >> what were you looking for in this? you have obama, you have romney. it's a very close race. what are you looking for in the romney camp that's pushed you into his endorse
obama was cold in this first debate. tomorrow, important for him to have a little energy. important for him to have balance. if you don't think he will pull an al gore, do you and start walking over to romney to answer a question? >> if he does that, mitt romney should do exactly what george bush did in 2000, a little nod and set the pace. bush did it to gore in 2000 and mitt romney can do the same to obam obama. >> now, let's switch gears and turn to my exclusive sri with charles...
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i understand the debate rages on. congressman bill pascrell, thank you very much. peter roskam, thank you very much. >> thank you, larry. >>> the veto threat is one of several ways the obama has been bad for business. we've got a checklist coming up because don't forget, free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. that probably includes the keystone pipeline. we'll see what happens. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary new e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz deal
i understand the debate rages on. congressman bill pascrell, thank you very much. peter roskam, thank you very much. >> thank you, larry. >>> the veto threat is one of several ways the obama has been bad for business. we've got a checklist coming up because don't forget, free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. that probably includes the keystone pipeline. we'll see what happens. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better...
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in fact, jimmy has said obama regained everything he lost during the debate. what's your thought about that? it says these numbers are helping him. >> well, i think that's right. he's been saying on the campaign trail give me four more years and i'll really get this economy in gear and now he can point to something that justifies that message. the key is you already see voters in polls saying they think the economy is getting better. here this number advances that argument. it's a big boost. what you didn't hear romney say today is what he's been saying for years, that the unemployment rate is above 8% for 44 months. that talking point is done. it's over and it's going to be a little hard for him to make that economic case. >> let me say something about this, though. i looked back at the data four years ago, exactly four years ago -- i'm sorry, eight years ago. the democrats ran against the bush economy. do you know what the unemployment rate was in october of 2004? it was 5.5%. there's a big deference between a 55.5% -- >> igor, 7.8% unemployment ain't much t
in fact, jimmy has said obama regained everything he lost during the debate. what's your thought about that? it says these numbers are helping him. >> well, i think that's right. he's been saying on the campaign trail give me four more years and i'll really get this economy in gear and now he can point to something that justifies that message. the key is you already see voters in polls saying they think the economy is getting better. here this number advances that argument. it's a big...
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you know, last week was distracted by the gay marriage debate. now team obama squarely back on economic concerns with this blistering ad going after bain capital, accusing the former governor of massachusetts of being part of a company that shut down a steel mill and sucked money out at the expense of the workers. here is the ad. >> bain capital walked way with a lot of money that they made off of this plant. we view mitt romney as a job destroyer. >> to get up on national tv and brag about making jobs when he has destroyed thousands of people's careers, lifetimes, just destroying people. >> he is running for president. and if he is going to run the country the way he ran our business, i wouldn't want him there. >> now bain capital put out a statement this afternoon saying the ad had oversimplified a very cosm plex business transaction. romney was gone from bain capital when the company was shut down and gone into bankruptcy. the romney campaign came out with an ad showing the other side of creative destruction, that is a company that mitt romney
you know, last week was distracted by the gay marriage debate. now team obama squarely back on economic concerns with this blistering ad going after bain capital, accusing the former governor of massachusetts of being part of a company that shut down a steel mill and sucked money out at the expense of the workers. here is the ad. >> bain capital walked way with a lot of money that they made off of this plant. we view mitt romney as a job destroyer. >> to get up on national tv and...
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we'll debate obama culpability. story number two, the tale of two tax cuts. president obama unveils corporate tax reform, taking the rate from 35% to 28%. by the way, the first marginal tax rate cut in his presidency, but it slams corporate profits earned overseas. meanwhile, mitt romney unveils his 20% solution. take a listen. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. all right? >> all right. the big question. can romney sell it in tonight's debate and win in michigan? in a moment, an exclusive interview with the architect of the plan. mitt romney's senior economic adviser, glen hubbard, dean of the columbia business school. we begin with the president's own corporate tax reform plan, and we go to cnbc's amon javers. >> the obama administration would like to bring the corporate tax rate down from 35% to 28% for most companies and a low 25% for manufacturing firms. not a lot of details on exactly had y how they would do it. they would like to close loopholes without naming the loopholes they would close. we get a sense of exactly
we'll debate obama culpability. story number two, the tale of two tax cuts. president obama unveils corporate tax reform, taking the rate from 35% to 28%. by the way, the first marginal tax rate cut in his presidency, but it slams corporate profits earned overseas. meanwhile, mitt romney unveils his 20% solution. take a listen. >> i'm going to lower rates across the board for all americans by 20%. all right? >> all right. the big question. can romney sell it in tonight's debate and...
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that's really the problem for president obama is that the two parts of the message. you just heard steve say very clearly that it really wasn't this president's fault and things could be worse, and the problem is that's not a terrific message to take to voters. voters don't vote on things could be worse. they want to know that things are better today and things are going to get better in the future, and it's hard looking at the data out there to sell that message with the american voters. >> steve, something that caught my eye from the investors daily editorial, food stamps, food stamps, 45 million. that's a record. half of the households in america are now on some form of federal assistance. that's a new record. now, don't those things trouble you, and how are we going to get out of this dependency that may become the permanent norm? >> of course it troubles me. of course it troubles me. it troubles everybody, republican or democrat, but i think the way we're going to get out of this norm would be to get congress out of its gridlock state of affairs, to grapple with
that's really the problem for president obama is that the two parts of the message. you just heard steve say very clearly that it really wasn't this president's fault and things could be worse, and the problem is that's not a terrific message to take to voters. voters don't vote on things could be worse. they want to know that things are better today and things are going to get better in the future, and it's hard looking at the data out there to sell that message with the american voters....
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does this change the debate? i think it does. i think obama is going to have to react to what the house republicans are doing and try to close this deal. >> bob or jimmy, will the house pass it? >> i think the house will pass it. the whip count is reportedly very close just on capitol hill. i think bainler get it passed and that puts the pressure on the senate and the president to come up with an appropriate response. >> it's weird, jimmy. they call it farsicle. nancy pelosi loved the idea for a while. i guess your idea is it doesn't have any spending cuts the president all along has been saying we need to make sure the middle class gets a tax hike. none of the middle class gets a tax hikend plan b. why is it such a farce? >> under what will be passed tomorrow, there is a middle class tax increase. the eic is taken out -- >> we're talking about marginal rates. gentlemen, gentlemen, these are facts. what is in that bill that boehner will send to the floor tomorrow, those tax credits are not in it. the point is john boehner is maki
does this change the debate? i think it does. i think obama is going to have to react to what the house republicans are doing and try to close this deal. >> bob or jimmy, will the house pass it? >> i think the house will pass it. the whip count is reportedly very close just on capitol hill. i think bainler get it passed and that puts the pressure on the senate and the president to come up with an appropriate response. >> it's weird, jimmy. they call it farsicle. nancy pelosi...
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in this half hour, today president obama tried to change the debates to soak the rich taxes and give it away in friday's jobs report. class war fare won't work. new tonight treasury secretary tim geithner meets with senate democrats but i bet there are enough democrats willing to run away from the president and pass an extension of all the bush era tax cuts. that's my bet. and new details, democrats admit they are video stalking republican candidates not only covering the republicans but stepping over the line into their homes and posting the video for all to say. we'll expose the dirty tricks. first, president obama promised change and four years later he may have changed the country but not in the way many hoped. a new pole from the hill website and newspaper finds 56% of likely voters believe obama's first term has changed the country for the worse. troubling signs for his re-election hopes. will mitt romney borrow this line from reagan? >> are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? is there
in this half hour, today president obama tried to change the debates to soak the rich taxes and give it away in friday's jobs report. class war fare won't work. new tonight treasury secretary tim geithner meets with senate democrats but i bet there are enough democrats willing to run away from the president and pass an extension of all the bush era tax cuts. that's my bet. and new details, democrats admit they are video stalking republican candidates not only covering the republicans but...
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how is it that obama loses the debate a week ago, and then he loses the week after the debate by chasing big bird and "sesame street" in a poorly baited trap set by mitt romney. obama falls into the trap and his polls crash again. he loses a debate. he loses the week after the debate, and he loses big bird. i've never seen anything like this, newt. it is amateur hour. >> well, i think what you're finally seeing is that once the shell cracks and once the facade breaks, i think obama right now is totally disoriented. they are shocked watching six months of careful work just disappear in 90 minutes. it was the worst performance which an incumbent president i think in my lifetime. even jimmy carter did better than that 90-minute performance by obama, and i think they are probably literally shellshocked right now which sets the stage for tonight. i think it's going to be very interesting to watch tonight. i suspect, i don't know, but i suspect biden's going to come in there trying to re-establish some sense of momentum, and i think that ryan's got to go in, stick to the facts and be calm and
how is it that obama loses the debate a week ago, and then he loses the week after the debate by chasing big bird and "sesame street" in a poorly baited trap set by mitt romney. obama falls into the trap and his polls crash again. he loses a debate. he loses the week after the debate, and he loses big bird. i've never seen anything like this, newt. it is amateur hour. >> well, i think what you're finally seeing is that once the shell cracks and once the facade breaks, i think...
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desire to have a debate on the issues. >> it seems the first victim of an obama campaign is the truth. [ laughter ] >> it has been sad and disappointing. frankly, when i became the presumptive nominee, the president called and congratulated me on becoming the presumptive nominee and said america deserves an honest debate about the future of the country. i agreed. i'm waiting to hear him begin that. >> president obama also had the press corps waiting for a news conference. he had one today. he defended the tone of his campaign saying he had not gone over the line. he noted that he didn't make the controversial priorities usa ad that linked mitt romney with the cancer death of the wife of a laid off steel worker. president obama said his calls for mitt romney's tax returns more than the one-year release so far are appropriate. >> this isn't overly personal. it's standard stuff. i don't think we're being mean by asking him to do what every other presidential candidate has done, right? it's what the american people expect. >> there was one thing mitt romney and barack obama agreed on toda
desire to have a debate on the issues. >> it seems the first victim of an obama campaign is the truth. [ laughter ] >> it has been sad and disappointing. frankly, when i became the presumptive nominee, the president called and congratulated me on becoming the presumptive nominee and said america deserves an honest debate about the future of the country. i agreed. i'm waiting to hear him begin that. >> president obama also had the press corps waiting for a news conference. he...
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you're going to debate whether it is in fact obama's morning in america. we'll get to that later. let's now change gears, shift gears, change topics, do some stock market work. look, we had some important mixed economic data today but investors kept their eye on the positives. and get this, two data points -- car sales exploding in february to 15.1 million. that is a huge number that came out as the day wore on. and, secondly, retail chain store sales rising almost 7%, another huge number. so i want to parse through all this. joining me now is the great ken hdner and we also have richard berg performing. ken, reading through your notes was really an eye opener to me today. i don't believe i've ever heard you or read you more bullish. can you tell us? >> well, we've just gotten through the big problem with europe. we're not going to have a meltdown. there's no real impediment to the accelerating growth in the u.s. economy. automobile sales are taking off and i think housing starts are going to move up very sharply. my index of -- that i get from isi showing the housing orders have
you're going to debate whether it is in fact obama's morning in america. we'll get to that later. let's now change gears, shift gears, change topics, do some stock market work. look, we had some important mixed economic data today but investors kept their eye on the positives. and get this, two data points -- car sales exploding in february to 15.1 million. that is a huge number that came out as the day wore on. and, secondly, retail chain store sales rising almost 7%, another huge number. so i...
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they had a big, long intense debate between the white house, especially michelle obama and valley jarrett and the clinton people. the white house wanted him to take a minor role at the convention, something along the lines of jimmy carter's role. and he refused. he said listen, either i'm going to give the nominating speech or i ain't going to show up. and they completely collapsed and allowed him to do that because they needed him a lot more than clinton needed the obamas. >> from what you're reporting, clinton will not show h imthe speech he's writing. what does that mean? what's he going to say? >> he writes in long hand on yellow legal paper. and the obamas have been demanding and, you know, just being on top of him to try to give them a sense of what he's going to say. he's furious, he will not even respond. he says nothing doing, nobody is going to tell me what to say. and so they have no idea what he's going to say at this convention. >> that's so important. i'm sure clinton will mention obama a few times. isn't kplin ton going to talk about his oempb success in the economy, with w
they had a big, long intense debate between the white house, especially michelle obama and valley jarrett and the clinton people. the white house wanted him to take a minor role at the convention, something along the lines of jimmy carter's role. and he refused. he said listen, either i'm going to give the nominating speech or i ain't going to show up. and they completely collapsed and allowed him to do that because they needed him a lot more than clinton needed the obamas. >> from what...
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. in this half hour, you have to hear this late-breaking news. president obama blocked a chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern oregon. the reason -- apparently national security concerns. plus, our president has been touting his so-called new plan. he named it "patriotic economics." want a clue what it may be like? parlez vous fracais? . gop supporters can try to int blame clint eastwood's empty chair, media biased league polls, and video and in the end it could be mitt. that according to an southwesting piece in "politico" today. here's the co-author of the aforementioned piece, senior political reporter johnathon martin and robert costa of the national review. and strategist roger stone. so johnathon, it's not the conventi
it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. in this half hour, you have to hear this late-breaking news. president obama blocked a chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern...
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obama said it during the debates and i think he implied that at the press -- we're going to throw those $1.2 trillion spending cuts out. what is that all about? how does that serve the taxpayers? >> ki tell you, we need to do what we did in the house. if we're not going to cut defense -- i do believe sequestration takes defense cuts too far. but if we're not going to do that, we better darn well hit those spending targets and then some by cutting spending elsewhere. and that's why in the house, we proposed taking those cuts and doing them elsewhere. we have to do that. these spending targets that the sequestration actually hit are pretty minimal. this is about $1.2 trillion over ten years. that's about our annual deficit. and so we've got to do at least that and then some. so if we're not going to take it from defense and i think that this is overboard on defense, we've got to take it from somewhere. >> you're going to devote yourself to that is what i'm going to guess -- >> you bet. >> you're in a group of senators, i read, that's going to work on immigration, try to give the republica
obama said it during the debates and i think he implied that at the press -- we're going to throw those $1.2 trillion spending cuts out. what is that all about? how does that serve the taxpayers? >> ki tell you, we need to do what we did in the house. if we're not going to cut defense -- i do believe sequestration takes defense cuts too far. but if we're not going to do that, we better darn well hit those spending targets and then some by cutting spending elsewhere. and that's why in the...
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what we're really debating is who can defeat barack obama in the fall. >> did i miss that debate? that debate on spending and tea parties -- the tea party one slashed spending, slashed deficits and slashed debt. where was that debate? >> the reason the debate is like that, they're talking about things like everyone has cut the corporate tax rate, everyone gets free points saying i'm for the ryan plan but the ryan plan doesn't cut much in the first ten years. if you're talking about what you would cut now in the next five years, is there a very little -- you're absolutely right. thampl >> that's the point i'm trying to make. let me go back. okay. when hillary ran against obama, was the issues debate any deeper? was it more detailed? i can't remember, it's so long ago. >> i'll tell you something. there, my friend, you really had two people who had essentially adopted the same economic outlook, very little difference between them. but here is the distinguishing factor. right now in florida, you are seeing character assassination. >> right. >> i don't remember that in the democratic p
what we're really debating is who can defeat barack obama in the fall. >> did i miss that debate? that debate on spending and tea parties -- the tea party one slashed spending, slashed deficits and slashed debt. where was that debate? >> the reason the debate is like that, they're talking about things like everyone has cut the corporate tax rate, everyone gets free points saying i'm for the ryan plan but the ryan plan doesn't cut much in the first ten years. if you're talking about...
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we will debate whether he is just the hammer that mitt romney needs to whack obama and biden. >>> and a new congressional study out on obamacare shows businesses are going to drop employee health care plans left and right because obamacare is just too expensive. proof again that if upheld, obamacare will bring the u.s. closer to bankruptcy because of this misbegotten entitlement. first up, who is to blame for the humpty dumpty economy? economic growth sputtering around 2%. the middle class has stalled. team obama has thrown everything at this economy, including the kitchen sink, but everything they do runs counter to free market capitalism. let's review. we've seen gigantic spending stimulus, temporary home buyers tax credits, temporary payroll tax cuts, cash for clunkers, tax the rich, massive fed money correction, and zero interest rates. you know, folks, if all this big government keynesian stuff was going to work, it would have already worked. but all the king's horses and all the king's men could not put humpty dumpty back together again. again, my opposition comes from this simp
we will debate whether he is just the hammer that mitt romney needs to whack obama and biden. >>> and a new congressional study out on obamacare shows businesses are going to drop employee health care plans left and right because obamacare is just too expensive. proof again that if upheld, obamacare will bring the u.s. closer to bankruptcy because of this misbegotten entitlement. first up, who is to blame for the humpty dumpty economy? economic growth sputtering around 2%. the middle...
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we'll debate. >>> jamie dimon gives a polished, glib and well rehearsed, occasionally contrite testimony in front of the u.s. senate. tonight we ask, has he become the poster boy for implementing the volker rule for banks investing their own money? it's not what mr. dimon wanted and possibly a breakup of too big to fail banks going back to the old glass stegal act. despite his slick testimony the dow lost 77 points. retail sales fell. it's a bad omen for the u.s. economy. we could already be in a global recession. i hope i'm wrong. first up when mitt romney spoke to members of the business round table today his message was clear. president obama is bad for business and the economy, period. take a listen. >> if you look at his record over the last three and a half years you will conclude, as i have, that it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, apt jobs series of policies in modern american history. >> his message seemed to be resonating with voters giving romney momentum as both canada datas head to -- tomorrow. he's besting obama even in wisconsin for the first time. 47-44. all ri
we'll debate. >>> jamie dimon gives a polished, glib and well rehearsed, occasionally contrite testimony in front of the u.s. senate. tonight we ask, has he become the poster boy for implementing the volker rule for banks investing their own money? it's not what mr. dimon wanted and possibly a breakup of too big to fail banks going back to the old glass stegal act. despite his slick testimony the dow lost 77 points. retail sales fell. it's a bad omen for the u.s. economy. we could...
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obama said during the debate he's against sequestration, he's against across the board spending cuts. what do you make of this, dick armey? where are we going with this little plan that obama just put out? >> well, again, i look at the president. i think this is a fella who's out of touch with reality. he puts forward a plan that's supposed to be his vision as it was and as it will be, and i look at it and i say, well, there are some things and some things that are true relative to that vision but what's new isn't true and what's true isn't new. so the fact is he's just sort of stuck with that vision, that dream from his father about income redistribution. when he looks at taxes, he doesn't think about taxes as a source of revenue to fund the government. he thinks of taxes as an instrument of justice to redistribute income and punish people for their successes. he's just simply not in touch with reality. and yes, dick, we could get to real serious and effective, productive growth-oriented tax reform, but we couldn't get there with this fella. he's just not in touch with reality. he do
obama said during the debate he's against sequestration, he's against across the board spending cuts. what do you make of this, dick armey? where are we going with this little plan that obama just put out? >> well, again, i look at the president. i think this is a fella who's out of touch with reality. he puts forward a plan that's supposed to be his vision as it was and as it will be, and i look at it and i say, well, there are some things and some things that are true relative to that...
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he doesn't really care. >> well, actually what he's touching on is another debate, a demographic debate which he is very worried about that many russians, young russians are leaving the country. russia's population is in decline. what president obama should do is stick to his guns saying we want relations with russia and a russia that abides by the rule of law, something ingrained in the world trade organization is important. the americans have compromised. john kerry who will be secretary of state, presumably when he was on the senate foreign relations committee tried to amend the mittity insky act that the list of russian officials would be kept secret so that there wouldn't be any public naming and shaming. we bent over backward on this, but what president obama needs to ask is the united states getting any benefit for his signature reset policy. >> michael rubin, thanks for weighing in. >> thanks for having me, michelle. we'll get right back to the fiscal cliff coverage. we'll have the latest just ahead. don't move. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto
he doesn't really care. >> well, actually what he's touching on is another debate, a demographic debate which he is very worried about that many russians, young russians are leaving the country. russia's population is in decline. what president obama should do is stick to his guns saying we want relations with russia and a russia that abides by the rule of law, something ingrained in the world trade organization is important. the americans have compromised. john kerry who will be...
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more people are scared of obama than they are romney. i think the 716 billion is the biggest number in the whole mediscare debate. >> i think people are throwing their hands up. when you listen to them debate it you have to put the eye shade on. >> three-quarters of it i don't understand. uh admit it openly. >> i think what people will vote on is not who has the best plan but who's stepping up to the plate saying, you know, i'm going to be forthright with you. chris christie says voters want politicians who stand up, tell the truth and treat them like adults. if ryan does that it's a plus. >> a lot of the scare tactics aren't working effectively. romney can say obama is talking about chili -- the food, not the country -- and putting people in chains. he's saying i'm the grown-up talking about jobs, getting america going. they have to get off it, back to the unifying message. >> here's what ryan does well. he knows the numbers. every time obama and biden accuse ryan of ending medicare as we know it all ryan has to do haul out the $716 bil
more people are scared of obama than they are romney. i think the 716 billion is the biggest number in the whole mediscare debate. >> i think people are throwing their hands up. when you listen to them debate it you have to put the eye shade on. >> three-quarters of it i don't understand. uh admit it openly. >> i think what people will vote on is not who has the best plan but who's stepping up to the plate saying, you know, i'm going to be forthright with you. chris christie...
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we are debating about where the president stands. polls in israel show the israeli people have little confidence in the president. at one time confidence with president obama among the israeli population polled in the single digits. this is a country that has historically loved america and that america has loved. >> got to levee leave it there. chris lehane, appreciate it. vin, great to see you. >>> the commission on presidential debates announced the topics for the formats for the mano a mano meetings between president obama and governor romney. first one october 3 in colorado on domestic issues with a moderator. secondly the veeps in kentucky on october 11, also with a moderator. romney and obama back on october 16 from new york in a town hall format with questions from undecided voters. finally, we'll watch the foreign policy face-off on october 22 from boca raton, florida. "the kudlow report" will have complete coverage. >>> up next tonight, high tax policy has millionaires fleeing the state of maryland, costing the state a lot o
we are debating about where the president stands. polls in israel show the israeli people have little confidence in the president. at one time confidence with president obama among the israeli population polled in the single digits. this is a country that has historically loved america and that america has loved. >> got to levee leave it there. chris lehane, appreciate it. vin, great to see you. >>> the commission on presidential debates announced the topics for the formats for...
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won't obama care make it even worse? we're going to debate that. the role of psychiatrists and institutions and whether there's going to be enough of them to help us out. t. on your prepaid card? introducing chase liquid. the reloadable card with no fee reloads and withdrawals at chase atms. all for one flat monthly fee so there's zero confusion. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. >>> it could be that the weak mental health care system is a big reason for some of these mass shootings in america. let's talk to the thinkprogress.org editor, and author of "decoding the obama health law: what you need to know," betsy mccoy, welcome back. >> thank you. >> first of all, you've got these mass murderers, so many of them have tremendous mental illnesses. where are the psychiatrists? and where are the institutions that should be housing them? >> well, unfortunately, i looked at the last nine mass killings, and unfortunately, those -- many of those killers had been identified by psychiatrists as being dangerous. but there's no tort reform. so thes
won't obama care make it even worse? we're going to debate that. the role of psychiatrists and institutions and whether there's going to be enough of them to help us out. t. on your prepaid card? introducing chase liquid. the reloadable card with no fee reloads and withdrawals at chase atms. all for one flat monthly fee so there's zero confusion. get rid of prepaid problems. get chase liquid. >>> it could be that the weak mental health care system is a big reason for some of these mass...
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obama even know? so let's talk. we have cnbc contributor howard dean, former dnc chair and presidential candidate and governor of vermont and romney surrogate and founder -- >> we had the last debate and joe biden didn't make the case last night. they haven't made it in between. what is the case for reelecting obama. >> jobs are up substantially and 4 million jobs and we have the lowest deficits in four years and we have put people back to work and we would have put more people back to work had more americans passed the jobs bill. and the real case is we have to get some democrats in there because they're more fiscally responsible than this ridiculous $5 trillion tax cut that is not paid for on top of the $2 trillion that they've paid for. >> i don't know a single journalist who thinks -- >> i don't know one single journalist, not one -- >> let me bring -- >> i don't know one person with any credibility to that whatsoev whatsoever. >> larry -- larry -- >> please go ahead. >> i'm sick and tired of hearing howard repe
obama even know? so let's talk. we have cnbc contributor howard dean, former dnc chair and presidential candidate and governor of vermont and romney surrogate and founder -- >> we had the last debate and joe biden didn't make the case last night. they haven't made it in between. what is the case for reelecting obama. >> jobs are up substantially and 4 million jobs and we have the lowest deficits in four years and we have put people back to work and we would have put more people back...
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president obama issues a stern warning to syria and i quote the world is watching. and there will be consequences if syria uses these wmds. have we just committed ourselves to another war? and the gun control debate is squarely back in the spotlight tonight after the murder/suicide by nfl player in kansas city, second amendment instead of blaming the sick people who use them. republicans have responded to a fiscal cliff counter offer to president obama. eamon javers joins us now from washington with all the details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. leapt me walk you through the specifics or at least what specifics we have so far from this boehner counter offer and you can see where it falls short from the white house's perspective right in the top line take a look at the details here. boehner and the other house republicans are asking for $800 billion in new tax reform revenue. that's short of the $1.6 trillion that the president would like to see there. also health savings of $600 billion. mandatory savings of $300 billion. revisions of cpa of 200 billion.
president obama issues a stern warning to syria and i quote the world is watching. and there will be consequences if syria uses these wmds. have we just committed ourselves to another war? and the gun control debate is squarely back in the spotlight tonight after the murder/suicide by nfl player in kansas city, second amendment instead of blaming the sick people who use them. republicans have responded to a fiscal cliff counter offer to president obama. eamon javers joins us now from washington...
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the tax policy debate's getting personal. obama and biden released their 2011 tax returns and then they promptly start bashing mitt romney and calling for him to release his returns all the way back to the 1970s. huh? i don't get it. but the treasury could be making a profit on bailout nation. so let's go to cnbc's john harwood, joins us now with the details. good evening, john. >> good evening, larry. you know, with rick santorum out of this republican race, the obama administration took two steps today to try to advance its interest in the accelerating general election contest with mitt romney. the first was that treasury report you alluded to saying for the first time that the u.s. government expects to make a profit. let me repeat, a profit on the entire range of its bailout activities. that's largely because of interest earnings the federal reserve will get on its purchase of treasury securities to keep interest rates low. and this is not going to eliminate concern among conservatives and some independent and swing voter
the tax policy debate's getting personal. obama and biden released their 2011 tax returns and then they promptly start bashing mitt romney and calling for him to release his returns all the way back to the 1970s. huh? i don't get it. but the treasury could be making a profit on bailout nation. so let's go to cnbc's john harwood, joins us now with the details. good evening, john. >> good evening, larry. you know, with rick santorum out of this republican race, the obama administration took...
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last line, i hate to see what the score will be like if the second half is quarterbacked by barack obama, that, i think, really does ring true to conservatives here at cpac. >> i want to ask you, the debt ceiling debate was a disappointment to grassroots conservativ conservatives. we didn't cut much out of deficits and debt. the tea party, you were part of the tea party and you still are. is the tea party kind of down? is the tea party demoralized? i don't see the energy that it had a year ago. >> oh, i think that's a fair observation, but to some degree the candidates have picked up the agenda of the tea party and so that takes some of the urgency away from them, but i think they'll come back together behind our nominee and they will then start to place their agenda out there and raise the priority again. remember, they put the priority agenda, i think, into the minds and on the platform of the 87 republican freshmen that were elected to the house of representatives and many of them were tea party candidates and, yes, the pressure on them has brought about votes that didn't reflect what
last line, i hate to see what the score will be like if the second half is quarterbacked by barack obama, that, i think, really does ring true to conservatives here at cpac. >> i want to ask you, the debt ceiling debate was a disappointment to grassroots conservativ conservatives. we didn't cut much out of deficits and debt. the tea party, you were part of the tea party and you still are. is the tea party kind of down? is the tea party demoralized? i don't see the energy that it had a...
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this whole massachusetts debate, you think voters care what happened in massachusetts? i know they care in a generic sense but give me your clinching, what's your clinching statistical rebuttal to tad devine's brilliant effort to cover this? >> first of all, i know david axelrod, i like david axelrod. he got us a new president four years ago and will give us a new president next time. let's just keep that. but the president has failed. the president talked about an 8% unemployment rate. we thought it was a ceiling, it's turned out to be a floor. the unemployment rate is going up, factory orders are going down. the president is still the president. he's not the candidate. he can pose the extension of the bush tax cuts. he could propose part or all of bowles-simpson. he could do something instead of sitting there criticizing bush. there is no obama plan to make this better. >> let me just go, tad, this is interesting. to some extent, vin took the words right out of my head. why doesn't the president have a response to these lousy unemployment numbers, 1.9% gdp? analytical
this whole massachusetts debate, you think voters care what happened in massachusetts? i know they care in a generic sense but give me your clinching, what's your clinching statistical rebuttal to tad devine's brilliant effort to cover this? >> first of all, i know david axelrod, i like david axelrod. he got us a new president four years ago and will give us a new president next time. let's just keep that. but the president has failed. the president talked about an 8% unemployment rate....
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in just over an hour president obama and governor romney will square off in their third and final debate. i hope we get some common ground. that's my basic point of view. i'd like to see pro-growth tax reform. i frankly would like to see some tough spending reforms also. to me lower spending, lower tax rates, less regulation. you've heard this before from me. that is the essence of free market capitalism. it's the best way to grow the economy. the final debate is coming back. we will be right back to cover it here on cnbc. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that
in just over an hour president obama and governor romney will square off in their third and final debate. i hope we get some common ground. that's my basic point of view. i'd like to see pro-growth tax reform. i frankly would like to see some tough spending reforms also. to me lower spending, lower tax rates, less regulation. you've heard this before from me. that is the essence of free market capitalism. it's the best way to grow the economy. the final debate is coming back. we will be right...
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this gets to the debate of who's first in line? it gets back to president obama's discussion about making sure firefighters and policemen and educators are hired. that's the same problem in europe. they are always looking for government workers to be the main state of the work force. it puts them above members of the private sector. why is this group placed ahead of the line where the private sector isn't. that's what i don't understand. it's the same thing in europe as it is in the united states. >> it's government prosperity and private austerity. that's wrong. it should be government austerity and private prosperity. i'll tell you. they've got to sell all the assets, curb the pensions and they have to get themselves real flat tax reform so the revenues will come in. they are not making money raising the value-added tax. benn steil and andy busch, thank you. as i continue to worry about bad u.s. numbers, the question is will the fed announce a new operation twist this week to buy mortgage-backed securities? still ahead, president
this gets to the debate of who's first in line? it gets back to president obama's discussion about making sure firefighters and policemen and educators are hired. that's the same problem in europe. they are always looking for government workers to be the main state of the work force. it puts them above members of the private sector. why is this group placed ahead of the line where the private sector isn't. that's what i don't understand. it's the same thing in europe as it is in the united...
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but the key to the whole infrastructure debate is keystone. i'm sorry, brad. i do not understand how president obama, he can blame millionaires. he can blame billionaires. he can side with occupy wall street, but he's speaking to the trades union, the construction guys of the afl-cio. he cannot get around keystone, brad. this is one of the worst political mistakes and worst economic mistakes he has made. >> larry, one project is not the infrastructure of the entire country needs. and by the way, if he was -- if the building trades were so upset at the president over keystone, why did they receive him so warmly today? because they know that he is the one to committed to real infrastructure projects all over the country. roads -- >> they got everything they wanted for the last three years. >> high speed rail, all of which the republicans oppose -- >> he'll probably have more flexibility after this election. >> they'd rather pass more tax cuts for the wealthy. >> sean spicei'll give you the last word. >> i think the unions have gotten three years of everything th
but the key to the whole infrastructure debate is keystone. i'm sorry, brad. i do not understand how president obama, he can blame millionaires. he can blame billionaires. he can side with occupy wall street, but he's speaking to the trades union, the construction guys of the afl-cio. he cannot get around keystone, brad. this is one of the worst political mistakes and worst economic mistakes he has made. >> larry, one project is not the infrastructure of the entire country needs. and by...